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Exodus from Cardiganshire : Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain.
Was migration from Victorian Cardiganshire simply a flight from rural poverty? This book relates the rate and timing of the outward movements from the county in the nineteenth century to the prevailing social and economic conditions. It provides insights into the motivations for and factors involved...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in Welsh history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Was migration from Victorian Cardiganshire simply a flight from rural poverty? This book relates the rate and timing of the outward movements from the county in the nineteenth century to the prevailing social and economic conditions. It provides insights into the motivations for and factors involved in migration; and using contemporary source material and computer-assisted analysis of census enumerators' books examines key dimensions of the communities at the major migrant destinations - Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, London and Merseyside in Britain, and Ohio and Wisconsin, USA. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780708324103 070832410X 1299201024 9781299201026 9781783164677 1783164670 |